Publications by authors named "Kelly Rocio Vargas Villafuerte"
Periodontal and Dental Considerations in Florid Cemento-Osseous Dysplasia: Clinical and Radiographic Analysis of 11 Cases.
Oral Health Prev Dent
November 2019
Purpose: Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia (COD) is a well-described condition that occurs predominantly in black women. The lesion is usually asymptomatic, but in severe cases, symptoms can occur in association with focal expansion due to infection. The safety of dental procedures that involve areas with florid COD has been little discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe impact of chemotherapeutic treatment on the oral microbiota of patients with cancer: a systematic review.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
June 2018
Objective: Chemotherapy is a type of systemic treatment that inhibits neoplastic cells (cancer cells), produces immunosuppression, and may lead to changes in the oral mucosa and, consequently, in the oral microbiota. The aim of this systematic review was to analyze, in the scientific literature, evidence of the impact of chemotherapy on the oral microbiota.
Study Design: The authors conducted a search in PubMed/MEDLINE, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), LILACS, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library; to identify studies that discussed change in the oral microbiota of patients with during chemotherapy.